Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload
A compromised release of the popular Rust crate arrayref pulled in a typosquatted proc-macro1 whose build script downloads and runs a remote binary…
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Simedw trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device
Can a small transformer autocomplete MIDI performances in real time?
Don’t paste the AI, please
If someone asks you something, send your answer. Not the AI's.
Go 1.27
Go 1.27 adds generic methods, encoding/json/v2 package, uuid package, faster memory allocation, goroutine leak profiles, and more.
OpenRouter is joining Stripe
OpenRouter is joining forces with Stripe. Same mission, same name, same product, same roadmap, and routing that stays driven by what's best for…
Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees
Many employers worry remote workers feel disconnected. A new study found they reported higher well-being and were no more likely to feel isolated…
HTML Can Do That
HTML has been gobbling up swathes of what used to be JavaScript’s remit. This page lists a bunch of dynamic functionality that Chrisburnell…
PostgreSQL for Everything
You need simplicity if you want to move fast. PostgreSQL can very well replace Kafka, Redis, Clickhouse and Elastic. And many successful companies…
A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare
Why is the military and a cheese fortune teller contacting Sprocketfox about SondeHub.org
OpenLogi
A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust. Remap buttons, drive DPI and SmartShift over HID++ — no account, no telemetry.
Children’s stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
Cerebras CS-4
Explore Cerebras CS-4, a rack-scale AI accelerator for hyperscale and disaggregated inference, with performance up to 30× faster than GPU systems.
Hister – A private, full content search index that you control
Hister is a private, self hosted search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep. Search from the web, terminal,…
And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway
In early February 2011 Egypt was in the middle of a political revolution. One morning, everyone's phones suddenly pinged with an alert. The…
Mojo is now open source
The Apache 2.0 licence is the gold standard for programming languages and compilers, because it provides great flexibility to be used in all…
The Amazon tax
It’s not technically a tax. Taxes produce valuable public benefits, like medical research and parks. This is simply legal theft. Amazon makes nearly…
Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner
an adventure in image processing and taking very wide photographs (blog post; 4,600 words)
Fairphone is now officially available in the United States
The Fairphone (Gen. 6+) is here. With more power under the hood, a brand-new colour, and more software features, it's everything you love…